Holder and method of transferring stacked sundae cups from cupstacking machines into cartons



May 8, 1923.

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C. BARBIERI HOLDER AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING STACKED SUNDAE CUP$ FROM CUP STACKING MACHINES INTO CARTONS Filed Sept. 25, 1922 2 Sheets-Shoat 2 Patented May 8, 1923.

UNITE httitl CESARE BARBIERI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOTHE VORTEX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A COBLPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HOLDER AND METHOD OFITBANSFERR-ING STACKED SUNDAE' curs FROM cur- STACKING MACHINES INTO onerous.

Application filed September 25, 1922. Serial No. 590,266.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CEsARE BARBIERI, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of N ew York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Holder and Method of Transferring Stacked Sundae Cups from Cup-Stacking Machines into Cartons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which-form a part of this specification.

Considerable diflicu'lty' has been encountered in removing stacked conical sundae cups from the stacking'attachments of cupforming machines, particularly with cups formed from circular blanks which, when formed, are each radially creased on divergent lines from the center to the periphery to form a triangular folder portion or lap acting to open up the cup, thereby causing the same to spring away from a cup immediately therebelow and thus making it diflicult to nest the cups one within the other in a straight stack.

This invention relates to I an improved holder adapted to remove a stack of conical folded cups from a cup-stacking machine attachment and then deliver the same into cartons without permitting the stack to become distorted due to the springing effect of the lapped portions ofthe cups.

It is an object of this invention to provide a holder for removing a stack of paper cups from a cup-forming machine.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a holder whereby stacked cups having a tendency to spring away from one another to distort the stack may be transferred from a cup-forming machine into a carton without permitting the stack to become distorted. 7

His a further object of the invention to provide a holder so formed to permit the same to be engaged on a stack of formed cups while theyare held in stacked rela- "tion in acup-forming machine stacking attachrnent.

'Itis furthermore an object of this invenpaper cups assembled ina stacking attachment may be removed'in stacked relation and transferred into a carton by means of an improved holder.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a holder so formed to permit removal of a stack of paper sundae cups from a stacking device into a carton for ship ment without permitting distortion of the stack of cups which ordinarily are difficult to handle without a holder, inasmuch'as the construction of the paper sundae cups is such that a stack of any considerable height readily becomes distorted, making-it difiicult to handle.

Other and further important objects'of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification'and the accom panying drawings. 1

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

Onthe drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a holder embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan'view thereof.

Figure 3 is a'longitudinal section taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2. v

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of theholder placed in position to remove a stack of cups from a cup-forming machine stacking attachment.

Figure 5 is a' section taken :on line 5-5 of Figure 4 elevation.

As shown on the drawings: The holder" comprises a cylindrical metal shell or. tube 1 open at its upper end and showing the stack-of cups in l1l"l1'lg a conical baseflange 2 at the lower or other end. The conical base flange 2 is cut away at one side to afford an opening 3 which registersv with a restricted opening 4 at the lower end the front side of the tube 1. The tube 1 has a longitudinal strip I cutout of; the front side thereof to afford a: longitudinal opening 5, the lower end of which is restricted by means of extensions.

or ears 8 and connects up with theopening e1. Secured to the backof the tube 1 are lower ends of said tube.

Figure illustrates a fragmentary eleva tion of a stacking attachment adapted "for two handles 7 disposed nearthe upper and Cil use in connection with a paper cup-forming. machine (not shown) but of a type similar to that covered in my pending application for patent for a multiple automatic folding machine, tiled September 10, 1921, Serial No. .199515%. The stacking attachment broadly embraces a driving shaft 9 on which a. bevel gear 10 is fixed to mesh with a bevel gear 11 to drive a teed screw 12. One end of a supporting arm 13 is en gaged on the teed screw and is adapted to be automatically lowered predetermined amounts each time a cup -is deposited thereon from the cup-forming machine. Supported in the outer end of the arm 18 is a conical cup receiving socket 14. Vertical guard bars 15 are provided to hold the sundae cups 16 nested one within the other in a straight stack as shown in Figure 5. A swinging cup retaining guard 1.7 is also provided for holding the cups properly stacked. When the stack of formed. cups supported on the socket 1 1 has reached a predetermined height and is held straight by the guards 15 and 17, the improved holder 1 is adapted to be used to permit the stack of cups to be removed from the socket 14 and placed in a carton without any danger of the stack of cups becoming distorted by bulging out at the sides due to the peculiar construction of the spring folds in the paper cups. The holder is engaged by the handles 7 and one edge of the opening 5 is placed against one side of the stack after the movable guard 17 is swung out of the way into the position illustrated in Figure 1. The holder 1 is then pushed into place around the stack of cups with the holder flange 2 disposed slightly below the conical socket 14 to permit the holder to be engaged around the stack of cu as above the restricted position shown in Figure 5 with the holder flange 2 in contact with the outer surface of the lowermost cup 16.

The stack of cups is now lifted from the socket i-iby means of: the holder, the walls of which act to hold the cups in place nested one within the other without danger of the stack bulging outwardly at the sides or otherwise becoming distorted. ll ith the stack of cups p itioned within the holder, the holder is turned into a horizontal position to permit the stack oi cups to be pushed longitudinally away from the holder flange and then out of the holder opening 5 and deposited. in a. suitable container or carton of a size suflicient to hold the cups in stacked relation ready for storage or shipment as desired.

1 am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not -pur-pose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

weasel I claim as my invention:

1. A stacked cup holder comprising a cylinnical tube having a longitudinal opening therein restricted at one end, and a conical flange at one end of said tube having an opening therein registering with the restricted end of the tube opening.

2. A stacked cup holder comprising a tube having a longitudinal opening therein restricted at one end, handles on said tube,

and a conical flange secured to one end of said tube and having an opening therein registering with the restricted portion of the tube opening.

A stacked cup holder comprising a tube having a longitudinal opening therein, Jars integrally formed at one end of the tube to aiiord a restricted opening connect-- ing up with the tube opening, handles secured to said tube, and an inclined flange at one end of said tube having an opening therein registering with said restricted opening.

4. A. stacked cup holder, comprising a lon gitudinally slotted tube tapered at one end, said slot extending through said tapered end.

5. A stacked cup holder, comprising a tube having a longitudinal slot therein restricted at one end.

6. A. stacked cup holder comprising a tube provided with a tapered flange at one end, said tube and flange cutaway to afford a longitudinal opening restricted at the flange.

. l. cup holder comprising a slotted tube, an inwardly inclined slotted flange on one end thereof, and handles on said tube.

8. The combination with a receptacle staclci attachment, of a holder adapted to be enc .ged on a stack of receptacles in said attachment to permit said stack to be re-- moved.

9. The combination with a receptacle stacking attachment, ot a holder adapted to remove stack of receptacles from said attachment and to retain said stack against distortion.

10. The combination with a receptacle stacking attachment, of a holder adapted to remove a stack of receptacles from said attachment, to retain said stack against distortion and to discharge said stack into a carton.

11. The combination with a paper cup stacking machine, of a slotted holder adapted to be engaged on a stack of cups in said machine, and handles on said holder to permit the holder to be lifted to remove the stack ot cups from the machine held in nested relation by said holder.

12. Th method of transferring stacked receptacles from a stacking machine, consistng in applying a holder to a stackof re acles in the machine, then removing; the

l eept holder together with the stack of receptacles, and then transferring the stack of receptacles from the holder directly into a receptacle.

receptacles from a stacking machine, consisting in engaging a slotted holder on a stack of receptacles in the machine, then lifting the holder to permitthe stack to be 10 removed from the machine, and then turnsubscribed my name in the 13. The method of transferringstacked.

ing the holder into a position to permit'the stack to be transferred into a carton.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribing witnesses.

OESARE BARB-IER'IQ Witnesses:

M. A. GIBLIN, R. T; JOHNSON.

presence of two 

